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  1. The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem is an Israeli television series based on the novel of the same name by Sarit Yishai-Levi. Overview. The series aired beginning on June 7, 2021, on the Yes Drama channel. [2] . The first two episodes of the series have been available on Yes VOD since June 3, 2021.

  2. A historical melodrama about a family in Jerusalem from the Ottoman Empire to Israel's War of Independence. The series features multiple languages, including Ladino, and covers topics such as settler-occupied Palestine, Arab-Jewish conflicts, and family dynamics.

    • (1.8K)
    • 2022-05-20
    • Drama
    • 28
  3. In 1919 Jerusalem, housecleaner Rosa weds a shopkeeper who loves another woman, a choice that impacts her dynamic with eldest daughter Luna for decades. Watch trailers & learn more.

    • 2
    • May 20, 2022
  4. A historical drama set in 1919 Jerusalem, following the life of Rosa, a housecleaner who marries a shopkeeper and faces the consequences of her choice. Watch the trailer and see the cast and creators of this series on Rotten Tomatoes.

    • Michael Aloni, Itzik Cohen, Yuval Scharf
    • TV-MA
    • 2
    • Who Are Sephardic Jews?
    • What Was Life Like For Jews Under The Ottoman Empire?
    • Life During The British Mandate

    “Beauty Queen of Jerusalem” chronicles the lives of the Sephardic Ermoza family. Sephardim are Jews that come from the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal). Until the late 15th century, Jews in Spain had established themselves within secular society. Many Jews were renowned poets, scholars and physicians. In 1492, the Spanish government enacted t...

    “Beauty Queen of Jerusalem” first takes place against the backdrop of Jerusalem at the end of the Ottoman Empire. Fleeing the massacres and forced conversions of Christian Europe in the Middle Ages, tens of thousands of Jews found a new safe haven in the Ottoman Empire joining other Jewish people who have been living there for centuries. For the ne...

    Modern-day Israel was colonized by the British, in what was called the British Mandate of Palestine, from 1923 to 1948. Life under the British Mandate wasn’t simple for Jews. In fact, Israeli historian Hillel Cohen makes a strong argument that this time (the year 1929, specifically) was the genesis of the Arab-Israeli conflict. This was the year th...

  5. A historical drama set in 1919 Jerusalem, following the life of Rosa, a housecleaner who marries a shopkeeper and faces the consequences of her choice. Watch the trailer and see the ratings and reviews of the first season on Rotten Tomatoes.

  6. In 1917 Jerusalem, for Gabriel, it is love at first sight. His father objects. Instead, he marries his cleaning woman. 20 years later, their teenage daughter rebels against her strict mother.